伸張
shēn​zhāng HSK7

to uphold

伸张 伸張 shēn​zhāng
to uphold verb
to uphold or promote a positive value like justice or righteousness

正义必须得到伸张。

zhèng​yì bì​xū dé dào shēn​zhāng.

Justice must be done.

to expand
to expand or spread power, influence, or space

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.88 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
0.522 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)